Epub formatting

[kurt_da_nerd]

Does anyone know how to make indentions for paragraphs when converting to ePub??? I know that for html documents, you simply put ^t^p, but that doesn't seem to work for ePub format. I've been trying to figure it out for hours! If anyone has ANY ideas please let me know.


thanks,
Kurt_da_nerd

[Hadrien]

Change the properties for p in your CSS file.

[Peter Sorotokin]

Originally Posted by kurt_da_nerd

Does anyone know how to make indentions for paragraphs when converting to ePub??? I know that for html documents, you simply put ^t^p, but that doesn't seem to work for ePub format. I've been trying to figure it out for hours! If anyone has ANY ideas please let me know.

Your stylesheet should say something like

p { margin: 0px; text-indent: 1em; }

This is proper way to do it in HTML as well, BTW.

[kurt_da_nerd]

First off thanks for the replies however, i am still having trouble. i am amble to put that piece of code into my xhtml document, however i cannot figure out how get the new xhtml document back into epub format. that only program that i have that can convert files to epub format is indesign and i cannot figure out how to get an xhtml file back into indesign

i have tried to just put the "text" of the xhtml file into indesign like i would a word document but all that does is create an epub file of the code, and not formatted text.

any help is appreciated

-kurt_da_nerd

[Hadrien]

Originally Posted by kurt_da_nerd

First off thanks for the replies however, i am still having trouble. i am amble to put that piece of code into my xhtml document, however i cannot figure out how get the new xhtml document back into epub format. that only program that i have that can convert files to epub format is indesign and i cannot figure out how to get an xhtml file back into indesign

i have tried to just put the "text" of the xhtml file into indesign like i would a word document but all that does is create an epub file of the code, and not formatted text.

any help is appreciated

-kurt_da_nerd

An ePub file is basically a zip file containing all of your documents. Any software capable of opening a zip file can also open an ePub document. Open the document and edit your CSS stylesheets directly this way.

[kurt_da_nerd]

thanks. However, I am very new to this whole eBook making extravaganza, and I do not know what a CSS style sheet is, or how to access it. could you please give me some tips? Possibly some examples of good programs to use as well?

[wallcraft]

See Experimenting with epub - Creation.

[MichaelCampbell]

Although most mobile readers refer to your CSS stylesheet, they ignore paragraph tags in favor of their own settings. I don't know why, and it's maddening.

If you want to force your style choices, use span tags, which are generally respected. For titles and headlines, use heading tags.

Here's a FAQ on ePub formatting.

[charleski]

Originally Posted by MichaelCampbell

Although most mobile readers refer to your CSS stylesheet, they ignore paragraph tags in favor of their own settings. I don't know why, and it's maddening.

Err, no...

ePub readers recognise <p> and <div> tags just like any renderer and they default to block-level elements, whereas <span> tags default to inline elements (a behaviour which can, of course, be changed).

Maybe you should give an example of the code that's been causing you problems.